US9754567B1 - System and method for transportation and performance of musical drums - Google Patents
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- the invention relates generally to dollies or carts for transporting musical drum sets and, in particular, to a cart adapted to both transport a drum set to a performance venue as well as hold and support the drum set during performance.
- the drum set when preparing for a gig, often the drum set will be assembled in a performance staging area while other gigs are performing on stage. This permits the drummer to place each of the components into their proper playing position which frequently varies from drummer to drummer. There is no present system which permits a user to move the components of an entire drum set, once assembled in their proper playing position, from the staging area to the performance area. Rather, the drummer must make multiple trips from staging to performance areas, carrying individual components and then replacing those components in their proper playing position.
- the drum cart broadly includes support arms, a handle disposed between the support arms, a base and wheels for transporting the cart between locations.
- the drum cart further includes support brackets disposed between the lower end of the support arms and having channels to receive the tension rods of a base drum to semi-permanently affix the base drum to the drum cart.
- the drum cart and bass drum are vertical. To place the drum cart and into performance position on stage or in a staging area, the drum cart is lowered horizontally to the ground so that the wheels and handle rest on the ground and the bass drum head faces outwardly away from the drummer.
- the drum cart further includes T-joints attached to the support arms and can receive the stands of additional drum components or extension arms for attaching additional drum components.
- the T-joints are moveable around the frame of the drum cart to permit a drummer to place to different drum set components in the drummer's preferred playing position.
- the T-joints also permit the extension arms or drum stands to be rotated in different directions when the drum has been removed in order to keep the extension arm or stand within the footprint of the drum cart and permit easier transport.
- FIG. 1 is perspective view of a drum support system in the performance position, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded, perspective view of a bass drum and bass drum support brackets, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a spring clip within the bass drum support brackets depicted in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 4 is an exploded view of T-shaped brackets, according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 5 is side view of the drum support system depicted in FIG. 1 , in the transport position and including a drum set.
- FIG. 6 is a side view of the drum support system depicted in FIG. 1 , in the performance position and including a drum set.
- the drum cart 10 includes a frame having two generally straight support arms 12 , a flat base 18 disposed between the support arms near a set of wheels 14 , and a handle 16 disposed between the support arms 12 opposite the base 18 .
- the base 18 is optionally removable.
- the cart contains a single wheel disposed between the support arms 12 .
- Rear and front support brackets 20 , 22 near the base 18 are adapted to receive a bass drum via the bass drum's tension rods, as depicted in FIG. 2 .
- the support brackets 20 , 22 are generally arcuate in shape to mirror the cylindrical body of a bass drum.
- Front support bracket 22 is removable and used in an embodiment when the drum cart includes the base 18 . Alternatively, in an embodiment, the base 18 can be removed. When the base 18 is removed, front support bracket 24 , which includes a plurality of feet 26 for resting the drum cart 10 on the ground, is attached.
- a bass drum 40 includes drum hoop 42 , typically made of metal, wood, or other material, that is used to hold the drum head 44 against the drum shell 46 via tension rods 48 inserted through claw hooks that hold the drum hoop 42 .
- the tension rods 48 are removed and channels 28 of support brackets 20 , 22 (or 24 ) are respectively aligned with the holes in the flange of the drum hoop 42 .
- the tension rods 48 are then respectively reinstalled through the flange holes and the channels 28 of support brackets 20 , 22 .
- a tension rod 48 is inserted through a spring clip 50 disposed on the support brackets 20 , 22 , as show in FIG.
- the spring clip is loaded to snap over one of the support arms 12 , thereby releasably coupling the bass drum to the lower portion of the drum cart 10 .
- the bass drum 40 can only be removed from the drum support 10 by disassembling and removing the tension rods.
- the cylindrical body of the bass drum 40 is mounted co-axial with the support arms 12 .
- the drum head 44 lies flat against the base 18 of the cart.
- the bass drum 40 is also in a vertical position.
- the drum cart 10 is lowered horizontally so wheels 14 and handle 16 rest on the ground, placing the bass drum in a normal, horizontal playing position so it can be played, with the drumhead 44 facing toward the spectators, as seen in FIGS. 5 and 6 .
- the drum cart 10 can include optionally removable T-joints 60 respectively coupled to the support arms 12 via clamps 64 disposed within each limb of the T-joint, such as those shown in FIG. 4 .
- the T-joints 60 are adapted to permit fastening of other drum components to the drum cart 10 .
- a floor tom can be attached to the drum cart 10 by connecting the T-joint 60 to an existing floor tom's support legs 65 mounted at a 90-degree angle to the support arms 12 , shown in FIG. 1 .
- cymbals can be attached to the drum cart 10 by connecting the T-joints 60 to cymbal stands at 90-degree angles to the support arms 12 .
- Cymbal stands may, in some cases, also be self-supported by the bass drum 40 .
- a snare drum stand 70 may be connected at a 90-degree angle to the support arms 12 to permit attachment of a snare drum.
- an extension arm 75 and additional T-joint 60 are attached to a hi-hat stand, the extension arm 75 thereby facilitating the positioning of the hi-hat into the proper arrangement for performance.
- the hi-hat extension arm 75 is rotated so that it is co-axial with the vertical support arms, as depicted in FIG. 5 .
- the drum set can be configured in either the transport position, as shown in FIG. 5 , or the performance position, as seen in FIG. 6 .
- transport all but the bass drum of the drum set components are removed from their performance position on their respective stands and stacked on the bass drum between the support arms.
- an extension arm has been coupled to the drum cart 10 via a T-joint, such as the extension arm attached to a hi-hat stand, the extension arm can be radially rotated so that the arm is parallel to the support arms 12 defining the footprint of the drum cart.
- a band member or stage hand then grasps the handle 16 to wheel the drum cart 10 much like a standard dolly or wheelbarrow, depending upon the configuration.
- the drum cart 10 Upon arrival at the staging area in the transport position, the drum cart 10 is placed with the support arms 12 horizontal and parallel with the floor, with the handle and wheels resting on the floor.
- the bass drum 40 is thereby placed into the performance position with the drum head 44 facing away from the drummer.
- Any drum stands or cymbal stands attached to T-joints are raised or lowered to their desired height.
- Attached extension arms 75 are outwardly rotated so as to place the attached drum stand into its proper position.
- the remaining drum components such as a cymbal, hi-hat, floor tom or snare drum, can then be easily assembled on their respective stands and placed into the drummer's preferred performance positions.
- the footprint of the drum set in its performance position is then established.
- the present invention further permits simple transport of the entire drum set within the footprint by simply lifting the handle slightly off the ground and rolling the drum cart via the wheels from the staging area to the performance area without having to reassemble the set on stage, or disassemble the set before removing the set from the stage.
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